I heard it was the mass recruiting, and the low quality of characters they aquired because of it.

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Not disagreeing with you.. Actually, I concur that is a large part of the reason that only two or three still RP in the guild. I don't think its the only reason though. Most RP's don't expect people to participate or even appreciate their play style. But, majority of the RP's I've know do expect respect for the efforts. And, when there isn't even that.. they give up.

The problem is ive been pretty good friends with many people in vmp over the years, and vmp as a whole has never roleplayed, no matter how many times you say it, it will never be true.

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Agreed.

They have always done a few things like "cursing the land" and running a few
text macros that are easy for everyone to do. I don't think I have EVER seen a
single VmP member... except a temporary member, claim that VmP RPs.

The people who complain about VmP's RP are hilarious to me. You want them
to stand around chatting while you call in your back up, and load up a combo.
lol

VmP WILL RP if you let them know you want to..... but they don't just run around
RPing. They run around killing... and in a sense that is it's own RP.

The people who complain about VmP's RP are hilarious to me. You want them to stand around chatting while you call in your back up, and load up a combo. lol

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Very true!

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VmP WILL RP if you let them know you want to..... but they don't just run around RPing. They run around killing... and in a sense that is it's own RP.

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Well said.. and both statements were sort of what I was getting at. You worded it much better than me though. VmP is a PK/PvP guild.. and with the way PvP works these days.. its nearly impossible to RP and PvP at the same time. Think you hit the nail on the however when you said they never were an RP guild. The background of VmP is RP.. and yes.. WyRm and a few others will certainly stay in character if you're there to talk, trade, etc. But, for anyone who flags on a VmP (or any other RP guild that participates in PvP.. lets remove VmP from the exlusitivity of this conversation) before saying a single word during each and every encounter.. then come to the boards and make fun of them for their "lack of Role Playing".. that's plain stupid.

Maybe what they talk about among themslves is different... but that is certainly not what anyone is coming to the boards complaining about in regard to their RP.

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*shrugs* Almost every encounter I've had with VmP since I came to Siege I experienced varied levels of RP.. from long conversations with WyRm to skirmishes in Iantown and Wintermoor ending in claims to conquer/vanquish each other one day at the end of the battle(s).

I think these words state it best.. "not what anyone is coming to the boards complaining about".

When VmP used to roleplay it was called a vampiric curse. Now it's just garbage.

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Well, actually I have always liked seeing them, as if nothing else, it is evidence that someone has been around within the decay timer for unsecured items, and it is still cute as a signature. I routinely swiped them in the distant past when I found them somewhere I consider "my" turf (like in front of my house ). I also had an RP purpose back then, as I was making black clothing for the many funerals we held because of them. A few members of KSS also used to enjoy dyeing them KSS blue ages ago - it was always fun to come across them first black, then blue in the same evening as the two guild's patrol paths crossed at different times.

Ya know how male dogs go trotting about the yards and neighborhoods, then they take a leak over a bush thinking they marking their territory ??? Then another dog comes along and takes a leak right over the same spot marking his turf...remarking the territory anew. Rinse repeat !

So when I see that marking, I just torch up the kindling makes a toasty lil warm fire, and then I redye the black VMP cloth a wonderous array of smurfy <font color="blue"> BLUES </font>. Tis my way to say...a practical crafter is gonna use the cloth anyhow, or just make it such a shade of <font color="blue">blue </font> that it makes some one's eyes; bleed <font color="red">red </font> to see all that <font color="blue"> smurfy slap happy blue</font> littering all over the Siege landscape !

At any rate never neglect free cloth, redye it or.. just pick it up, save enough for shirt or just take it on home or make bandages from it all. Tis the vampires way of giving back to the community, with some free kindling and cloth .

Yeh I leave em black for friends/guildmates to use. I myself have no use for bandages, even with 3 fountains full of the enhanced ones. I just toss em in restock.

I prefer to just redye vmp cloth <font color="blue"> bright turquoise blues </font> and leaving it right where they planted it. Tis my way to wave back at em in passing over the land. I usually have the plain common dye tub &amp; dyes on me anyhow, till vmp gets em.

We try to RP but hard when ur getting ganked, and people start calling ya names, takes fun outa it:/ just other day me and wyrm were RPing at luna bank and people starting name calling saying [censored] bout IRLs. till finally i said wtf wrong with u people, dont u know when people trying to rp with ya?!
tho nothing phases Wyrm sometimes i think he a RL Vamp hehehe

We try to RP but hard when ur getting ganked, and people start calling ya names, takes fun outa it:/ just other day me and wyrm were RPing at luna bank and people starting name calling saying [censored] bout IRLs. till finally i said wtf wrong with u people, dont u know when people trying to rp with ya?!
tho nothing phases Wyrm sometimes i think he a RL Vamp hehehe

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I would like to see more RP and less Sh*T talk

or I should say, I would rather see RP than sh*t talk
I'm a super RPer but I respect those who do

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